Welcome to SULi!

SULi seeks to mobilse the knowledge and energy of its volunteer members, bridge the social and biological strengths of CEESP and SSC, and link strategically to a wide range of partners to synthesise knowledge and provide credible, high quality, trusted analysis and guidance on sustainable use and its contribution to conservation and livelihoods;translate this information into policy objectives and outcomes; and help mobilise ongoing efforts to change practice on the ground.

OUR MISSION
Promote both conservation and livelihoods through enhancing equitable and sustainable use of wild species and their associated ecosystems.

News from SULi

Beyond Enforcement Symposium a grand success

The 'Beyond Encforcement' Symposium was held at Muldersdrift in South Africa. The Symposium focused on the role of communities in combating poaching for illegal wildlife trade – often dubbed “wildlife crime”. The symposium was attended by over 70 researchers, community representatives, government officials, UN agencies and NGOs from five continents and generated the following policy conclusions and recommendations.

On the eve of World Wildlife Day (3 March) a set of recommendations on engaging communities in combating the illegal wildlife trade (IWT) at the source has been issued by a group of more than 70 researchers, community representatives, government officials, UN agencies and NGOs from five continents. Read more...

Symposium on "Beyond Enforcement: communities, governance, incentives and sustainable use in combating wildlife crime", South Africa, February 2015

Ground-breaking community-led approaches to combating wildlife crime around the world will be shared at an international symposium taking place in Muldersdrift near Johannesburg from 26-28 February, attended by researchers, community groups, government officials, UN agencies and NGOs. Read more...

NEW! Sustainable Wildlife Management and Biodiversity Fact Sheet

The first publication of the Collaborative Partnership on Wildlife, a fact sheet on Sustainable Wildlife Management and Biodiversity, was successfully launched on 14 October 2014 in a side event at CBD CoP 12 in Pyeongchang, Korea, with the presence of CPW Chair Braulio Dias (CBD), CPW Vice-Chair Jan Heino (CIC), the Minister of Environment and Tourism of Namibia, and various other authorities, experts and colleagues. IUCN is a member of the CPW, represented by SULi, and helped shape this factsheet.

Vivienne Solis Rivera reports on the first international instrument dedicated to defending and promoting small scale fisheries.

Sustainable Use in the Illegal Wildlife Trade Debate

In connection with the London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade, January 2014, SULi members and International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) colleagues produced this IIED briefing paper The elephant in the room: sustainable use in the illegal wildlife trade debate.

International initiatives on transnational wildlife trade emphasise law enforcement and demand reduction, with considerably less focus on effective incentives for community-based and private sector management. In particular, the role of sustainable use as a tool for both conservation and local development has generally been overlooked.

The CIC Markhor Award recognizes and celebrates outstanding conservation performance by personalities, private and government institutions, enterprises, or conservation projects that link the conservation of biodiversity and human livelihoods through...

The USF&WS Recognizes the Role of Trophy Hunting in Recovery of Markhor

On October 7th 2014, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USF&WS) downlisted all straight-horned markhor, a type of wild mountain goat, from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA)...

China has emerged as an important and large end-market for the global trade in illegal ivory. This illegal traffic and the associated poaching surge is of immense concern. Is China's domestic ivory market a dismal conservation failure, or does it show signs of being a partial success? Kirsten Conrad and Brendan Moyle investigate....